San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-30
THE BARRIERS FEES.
MEN WHO PAY THE ToNsoRlAL AR
list WELL FOR HIS SERVICES.

list WELL FOR HID SERVICES.
Chat with n Barber About the Hair
Cutting and Beard Trimming BusI-
ness-Dinerent Styles of Dressing Hair
and Beard.
II Is said that John c. Anderson pays $50 a
week TO his favorite barber. This tonsorial
artist, who is New Yorker, and whose
name, it appears, is not known TO any Of the
knights of the brush and razor in this city,
has attended TO the elimination of Mr.. Ander-
sons facial hirsute for many years, and now
makes three visits each week TO the Savin
Rock residence Of the munificent millionaire,
each visit netting him $40. Although there
are a few men in this city whose wealth
nearly reaches the seven figure point, an in
vestigation discloses the fact that, while they
each have a favOrite barber, they do not pay
such O princely fee.
A reporter dropped into a chair in a barber
shop situated in the business portion Of the
city last evening, for the purpose Of obtain
ing a shave, luxury which he INDUCES in
annually. The loquacity Of BARRIERS is pro
verbal, and In answer to numerous questions
propounded by the scribe, the barber said:
II have no doubt but that John c. Ander.
son does pay $40 shave, and am sorry that
am not the barber who has the good for
tune to be patronized by him. Such sums as
he pays are not the general rule, although
have in my sixteen years career received fees
nearly as large, but ! did not receive them
regularly In 1878 was working in a barber
shop that had as a customer . man named
Hayes, who resided in Brooklyn, but at that
a I'D
In this city.
"One morning a messenger came to the
shop and asked for barber to go to MIR.
Hayes room in the New Haven house to
shave, cut his hair and shampoo him. ]
gathered my utensils and started, after being
told by my employer to get 81 for my work.
l worked on him for nearly an hour and
half, and when had finished he gave me
$40 bill, with instructions to keep the change
That was the largest fee l ever obtained.
Several years ago, while running the shop in
the Sterling house, Bridgeport, had several
good paying customers, among whom wai
gentleman who spent most Of his time in
New York, and would only visit me about
three times every month. He paid every
month, and would nevery give less than SIC
for three shaves, and would often pay as
HluCu us GU. w I'LL u lew ike tndt
barber could retire from business in short
time.
FEES AND CUSTOMERS.
"The largest fees that / have received In
this city Of late have been fifty and seventy
five cents, and those were received from men
who take a special pride in having their hair
and boards look nice, and who want to have
both trimmed nearly every time they sit in
N chair M I toll al inc with
these men, for they pay me for so doing, and
often work on their boards for an hour. ]
have large number Of such customers, all Of
whom are business men.
among my customers are many travelling
agents for New York, Boston, and Springfield
firms, who when I'm this city always call &c
see me and have me shave them, or cut Their
hair. Some of these drummers will not allow
any other barber to give them hair cut, and
i have known one Of them to wait -four
months until he had a chance to visit me and
have his hair cut have heard it said that
wealthy Bostonian visits this city twice week
to be shaved by his favorite barber, but In
my opinion and as far as / can learn this is
not a fact.
"a barber shop Is great school for any
person who wishes to become thoroughly &C
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customers ore very hard to please, and some
have curious ideas in regard TO the manner
in which they wish to be shaved One Of my
customers does not consider himself clean
shaved unless have gone over his face with
a razor about six times. Another one likes
to be shaved in peace, and will fly off in a
towering passion if a word Is addressed to
him from the time he enters the shop. But
tie majority, If they have any failings, con-
zeal them.
There has of late been great change in
the style of shaving. A few years ago it was
the rule to lather a person twice and give
very close shave; now only one lather is put
on and we do not shave so closely. There is
good reason for this change. We noticed
that shaving too closely caused the beard 70
grow coarser and to stick out like the hairs
I'm shoe brush; it also caused it to become
lighter colored. Still have many custom
ers who ask for a very close shave, and i'm
agine that It is good thing to promote the
growth Of the beard.
~ cannot tell you," continued the tonsorlal
artist, "what the quickest shaving time is.
Quick shaves are called railroad shaves by
us. have shaved a man in a minute and a
half, but Of course would not call it a very
fine job, and have given hair cut and shave
in eight minutes My regular time is about
ten minutes for shaving and twenty to
twenty-five minutes for good hair cut, but
when in hurry often increase my speed,
and do as good work in less time"
THE DIFFERENT STYLES.
The reporter soon after visited another
shop, the proprietor Of which was at leisure.
The conversation soon turned to the different
styles of dressing the hair and beard.
"Many persons" said the tonsorial artist
"believe that the manner Of dressing the hair
and beard have remained the same for years;
but this is not so, for many different styles
have been in vogue, most Of which wert
originated by Partisan BARRIERS. In no place
on the earth is more attention paid to the
fixing up Of the hair and beard than in Paris
The style in this country at present is what is
called the pompadour style 1t was originated
BY an actor in the Theatre Franchise named
Bressant, whose hair was naturally inclined
to stand on an end. never saw anything to
admire in that style, unless it was the fact
that large amount Of trouble in combiDg
was done away with, for all person had to
do was TO run his fingers through his hair
every morning and it was all right. This
style is modification OF the German student
style.
"Hair parted in the middle and combed
gracefully to either side is called the Capoul
style, after the tenor of that name, who was
endowed by nature with hair that was very